The need for supportive mental wellbeing interventions in bladder cancer patients: A systematic review of the literature

Agustina Bessa*, Elke Rammant, Deborah Enting, Richard T. Bryan, Muhammad Shamim Khan, Sachin Malde, Rajesh Nair, Ramesh Thurairaja, Fidelma Cahill, Suzanne Amery, Sue Smith, Kamran Ahmed, Beth Russell, Charlotte Moss, Kathryn Chatterton, Christel Häggström, Mieke van Hemelrijck

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Abstract

Objectives There is an increased awareness of the effect of a bladder cancer diagnosis and its treatments on the mental wellbeing of patients. However, few studies have evaluated the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of interventions to improve this mental wellbeing. This systematic review is the first phase of the Medical Research Council Framework for developing complex interventions and provides an overview of the published mental wellbeing interventions that could be used to design an intervention specific for BC patients. Methods This review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines in January 2019 and studies were identified by conducting searches for Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Ovid Gateway. All included studies met the following criteria: mental wellbeing interventions of adults with medically confirmed diagnosis of any type of urological cancer, reported outcomes for specific HRQoL domains including psychological factors. The quality of evidence was assessed according to Down and Black 27-item checklist. Results A total of 15,094 records were collected from the literature search and 10 studies matched the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of these, nine interventions were for patients with prostate cancer and one for patients with kidney cancer. No studies were found for other urological cancers. Depression was the most commonly reported endpoint measured. Of the included studies with positive efficacy, three were group interventions and two were couple

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0243136
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume16
Issue number1 January
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021

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